Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-05-16
WATERFALL CANYON.
A BritOn's Experience in Viewing
Nature's wonders.

EDITOR DEMOCRAT: Passing through
Utah l was induced by reading of Og-
denis boom heralded forth by "cannon's
mouth" to stop overland examine for my
self its beauties.
After visiting many Of its merchants |
formed the acquaintance of one who
launched forth on the grandeur of Ogden,
and insisted thut Europe could not rival
it in anything, from the production of
salt to the virtues OF untried medicinal
springs, all OF which l heard cum gran
sdlio. "Why," said my German friend,
eli you only saw our Waterfall Canyon
'twould at once convince you, and at
this season OF the year you could see it
to greater advantage" Finally he
agreed to act as my guide, and on the
morrow l was to meet him at early dawn.
So at the first ray of Aurora's smile |
mounted horse and rode to the agreed
TRUSTING place, but my friend was not
there. Not wishing to delay, l pushed
on 10 the mouth of canyon, at whose
head or concealed in whose bosom the
celebrated falls were. True, twas up
hill work, but animated with the spirit
OF Stanley and the prayerful feelings of
a Livingstone, | advanced, ever and
anon looking down over the foothills, to
see stretched out in the distance the
sleeping city of Ogden and tracing the
meandering of the Ogden and Weber
rivers like silver threads over emerald
velvets, the houses standing out in bold
relief from the masses of verdure.
In front of me stood those grand old
Wasatch mountains, guarded by thicket
of oak brush, briars and other native
shrubs from amidst which rushed a small
mountain stream, determined not to be
disappointed or dismayed by these OBJ
stacles. After accommodating discovered
a trail we'll covered by brush, but still
showing that at some time cattle, at
least, had passed that way So, forcing
the horse on, proceeded, leaving marks
by which | could retrace my way in the
shape of sundry pieces OF cloth fetched
from my clothing. Excelsior; now crawl
ing up the bed of the strem over huge
boulders land wishing had not left my
own comfortable bed at the Broom now
crushing my jaded Rosinante against the
arboreal barriers, till at last we reached q
place where to attempt further progress
a la equine was impossible. Leaping,
nay slipping out OF the saddle, dropped
to the ground, that is, l reached terra
.frma after passing through ten inches of
the coolest water l think l ever felt-un-
frozen. Tying my horse to one of the
many small tress, onward and upward l
went. Still no waterfall, but many fall
in the water. Now and again l took par
ticular interest in fossils and went on all
fours to form their acquaintance. Now
and then my attention was forciby
called to the moses and lichens under
my feet. Using roller skates for the first
time was nothing to my experience in
that stream varied by detours,
in the vain hope to get on dry land to the
Ell Dorado, which only proved failure.
After wading, stumbling, creeping and
L came in view of the falls. My
feelings mo pen can describe or tongue
relate. The sight was grand, the sur
wild, the water tossed and /
1t was such sight l shall !
never forget, and l would do anything to |
see again except travel up that canyon /
rested.s That is, did not move for |
some time. Indeed, would much |
rather not have moved at all, had not /
in the bushes startled me. | .
think it was bear, but did not stop to
Knowing how lonesome my .
poor horse was l hurried back, leaving
the falls behind. 1t need not be said,
the going ba TX was every now and then
literal 1 never was, nor am 1 now,
'Moss-back," but | lay back on moss
more times than l can remember.
None can tell how overjoyed 1 was to
'eturn, wet and weary, loaded with
of my trip in the shape of
ard or two of native words removed
rom the public domain, which for con-
7euience | carried in my epidermis. I
'emained in bed two days to re-
;ruit, and on seeing my German
riend, he informed me l was
enderfoot. l agreed with him. but
Wished that was the only part which was
ender, for am as "a bruised and tender
eed," and my advice t. those who wish
o see such of Natures treasures with
comfort to themselves and without caus-
ng run on drugstcres for arnica, and
he tailor shops for clothes, is to buy
pictures, or wait until railways and Pull
nan cars visit these localities. The
Waterfall, as far as the work is concerned,
S a success; but it should have beer
learer town with a better road No
Yankee designed them, or he would have
made the road first and the falls at the
nd of the road As it is, there are big
alls on the way as well as at the end.
still even in this out-of-the way place,
)gden's enterprise is to be found, one Of
Ter citizens having appropriated some of
is waters by mailing 2x6x1 inch boards
ogether in the shape OF V, with intent
o convey it for irrigation purposes.
here is at least twenty-five running feet
f this fiume up there. Alas twill
lever be finished The man who took
he lumber was entitled, think, to the
7hole of the stream. |, for one, am
Tilling to give his heirs quit claim deed
D the same. The poor fellow is dead, [
m sure. He never could have survived
ARRIVING up the boards.
OF the journey, or excursion, it is a
icnic. From the time you commence
ntil you return you are in an anxious
tate OF mind, first for fear of not getting
here, and second, in fear of never get
ng back again. Taking everything into
visitors had better not 90